why is a stray error caused?
how to rectify a stray error in a c progam?
stray errors
why is a stray error caused?
how to rectify a stray error in a c progam?
Last edited by Salem; 07-13-2011 at 10:18 AM. Reason: Remove font colour and size abuse - it does nothing if you make the whole text the same
Just don't feed them, everyone knows if you feed strays - even a little - they will keep coming back......
Originally Posted by anduril462
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
You should probably actually include the entire error message. It probably says something like "stray character '»' encountered" (for some value of »); and that just means that you have a character in your source code file that doesn't belong.
We most often see this when you blindly copy/paste code from some website or other place.
Especially when they've overdone the pretty-printing, for example turning " into ʺ to make it look 'better'
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
